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Revisiting Chinese Canadian Communities

16 September 2010, Thursday
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library
8/F, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St.

Conference Programme
The Honourable Senator Vivienne Poy
Chair & Opening Remarks

Dr. David Chuenyan Lai
Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Victoria
Topic: Chinese Gateways in China and Canada

Professor Eric Fong
Dept. of Sociology, University of Toronto
Topic: The Residential Clustering of Chinese in Toronto

Dr. Jack Leong
Director, Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library
Topic: Challenges of Social Integration for Chinese Immigrants

Professor Joseph Wong
Director, Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs
Discussant

Toronto Summer Music Festival Presents: Imada Puppet Troupe (Ina Valley, Nagano) and Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe (Columbia, Missouri)

Toronto Summer Music Festival Presents:
Imada Puppet Troupe (Ina Valley, Nagano) and Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe (Columbia, Missouri)

Date: Thursday, July 22
Time: 6:45 pm pre-concert talk with Martin Holman/8:00 pm performance
Location: MacMillan Theatre, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, 80 Queen’s Park Crescent
Tickets: $30-$75 available at http://www.torontosummermusic.com or (416) 408-0208

Taiwan strides toward full engagement in the global health network

Johnny Chiang

Minister of the Government Information Office
Republic of China (Taiwan)

Takashi Fujitani Job Talk: Koreans as Japanese Soldiers: Reflections on Inclusionary or Polite Racism in WWII

Wednesday April 7, 2010
2-4pm
Munk Centre for International Studies, Room 208N (North House)

Canada and North Korean Engagement - Talk with Hartmuth Kroll

Canada and North Korean Engagement
Friday, March 26 - 10:00 @108N Munk Center

Speaker:
Hartmuth Kroll
Abstract:

Funded Research Opportunity in Indonesia - May/July 2010

ATTENTION UNDERGRADUATES
FUNDED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY IN INDONESIA – MAY-JULY 2010

INDEPENDENT EXPERIENTIAL STUDY PROJECTS (399Y)

APPLICATION DEADLINE MARCH 22, 2010

Producing Wealth and Poverty in Indonesia’s New Rural
Economies

Professor Tania Li, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto
Professor Pujo Semedi, University of Toronto/ Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

This research programme examines the social relations through which rural people gain
access to, or are excluded from, the benefits of high growth agriculture in Indonesia. It
uses a team approach to examine two rural sites currently undergoing high rates of
growth. In West Kalimantan, the focus is on a bulk commodity – palm oil – supplied to

East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference 2010 - Desire!

Saturday March 13, 2010 - 9am-7:30pm
Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto
14th Floor of Robarts Library, room RL14087

Full details about the conference can be found here: http://individual.utoronto.ca/tq_87/easgsu/index.html

"It is only once it is formulated, named in the presence of the other, that desire appears in the full sense of the term." - Jacques Lacan

The Asian Diaspora Conference: Asia & Beyond

THE ASIAN DIASPORA CONFERENCE: ASIA & BEYOND
One of the BIGGEST conference events of the year on Asia

Date: Saturday 6th March 2010
Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm
Location: 108N, 208N, Munk Centre for International Studies, 1
Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario

LEARN, CHALLENGE, NETWORK.
MULTICULTURALISM. THE MEANING OF 'CANADIAN ASIAN'.

We want to give a chance for high profile leaders, academics, and
inspirational figures to contribute their insights and knowledge to
the academic community, general public and the new generation of
Asian diaspora. Our goal is to give a forum for them to share their
experiences and struggles, as well as academic or personal insights
towards issues related to the Asians living in Canada and beyond.